The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-13 00:00:00

ZoNEY MARKET AND C OMMZILCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. The j ug -F._ ry for money to-day in the discount market has been rather extensive, but as the avail• able balances of bankers and others are abundant, competition is excited, and the commercial public ar e thus ena b led to obtain accommodation on terms i per cent. below the minimum of the Bank of rr°gland. Th e charge for the best paper has ranged 1116 i per cent. upwards. About £35,000 in gold was taken into the Bank on Saturday. The Seine has arrived from the Wrest Indies with £224,16 1. E asiness in the manufacturing districts during the Past w ee k h as presented indications of improve tent• At Manchester prices for cotton yarn were firmer during the last few days, and the textile fabri cs of Leeds, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, a nd Nor w i ch were in good demand. At Sheffield, however, the sev era l branchl.s of industry showed ,g h t indicatio ns o f d u ll ness , b ut a Birmingham larger orders were being received. Two O'CLOCK. There has b een a decline of 3-16 this morning in the Market for the English Funds. This down ward m ovement has been accelerated by the un r money, f ee li ng w i t h w hi c h f ore i gn po li t i cs are ;° Viewed. C onso l s are 90 I f or oney, ano 91) : 1 forc ~ the acc ount . Th e N ew Th rees an d R e d uced India are 89/ t; E xchequer B i lls, ss. die.; and " 14 5 per Cents., 1048 g. The Foreign Market presents a dull appearance, rt an d quotations are very depressed. Turkish 6 per "nts., 1862, are 711 I; do, Consotidos, 481 ; Mexi can, 441 *; do. New Loan, / die. 4 prem ; Greek, 2 41 ; Spanish Passive, 321 I; do. Certificates, 10 1 Z-; Russian Scrip, 41 I prem.; Swedish 31 Prem.; and the Confederate Loan, 62 64. Business in the Railway Share Market has re. nl ained very inactive, and few changes of import • !nee hive taken place in values. North Western have declined 55., while Midland have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain It t et ive, at about former rates. For Bank and Aliecellaneous Shares there is a °cry limited inoui ry, without any material alters t„.l4lll to report i n values. City Bank realise 135, litPeriai Ottoman 191 4, London and 'Westminster 9 , 41 . Hudson B a y C om p a ny 19k, and Chamounix Hotel Shares are quoted I, 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Go VERNMENT FUNDS. ' Per Cent. Consols ditto" 90 } 3 __ r t !9iticeount, July 8 .. ,Pe tient. Reduced a ilew 3 per Cent B 9/ i i "'Ay' 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 D itto 5 p er C ent., J an . 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Di tto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 March. June. u Rze 1, equer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i & 3 per Cent. Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £2OO II par /3 England Stk.. ,51 per Ct. Ditto Accou.nt INDliii GOTERNMENT SECURITIES. Akita Stock, 10 1 Der Cent., April 187 4 — Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. July, 1670 Ditto Account .. Ditto 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 — ~., Do 2ertificates Ditto Enfaceo Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Dito 51 per Cent., May, 1879 - Ditto 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 b, , bowls t low Ditto under £l,OOO •••• FORZION FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent • • • O Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 0 Ditto 1863 . 'len% Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) hilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 4} pei Cent Colombian 6 per Cent 9,11ba, 6 per Cent. "aniBl.l 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1863 cl.uador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - tgYptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue ti Ditt ureek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, es-Coupons 244 ± o Account Ditto Coupon s D itto Account — Gu atemala 5 per Cent. Ditto,_ 1839 and 1859 1 talian 5 per Cent. plaremmana Railway ; u .&exican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Scrip £l3 paid Ditto French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — pin 51.0oris_nh Imp p erial sper Cent N ew Gr anada Ditto 2 per Cent. — D itto Deterred — P eruvia n Land W arran t s (H e ctares) 4/ per Cent .. Ditto Account.... tiitto 3 per Cent. CTribarren) — Ditto 41 per Cent. ( , 1862 Ditto Account Portugu ese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account Ditto 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 4/ per Cent., 1850 .. Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Anglo-Dutch Ditto Scrip, £2O paid — pm Sardinian 5 per Cent - - - Ditto Account B4/ B Panish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Accoun` 15 1 3 nish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Ditto Account . . 101 S wedish, 4 per Cent — Ditto Scrip, £4O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 . 691 Ditto Account Ditto, £loQBonds Ditt o 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. Ditto £lOO Bonds.. 7ll Ditto 1863 .. -4. , Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 231 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 57 Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto Scrip, 130 paid Ditto lf per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond tkUstrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- 4 e_lgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f... — , -uitto Account — uutch 2f per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 631 i. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates t a.,liau, 5 per Cent., 1861 Ex. 25 francs — P , uitto .account I ,rilvian Dollar Bonds, 4f per Ct. Ex. 4s. •• tedizo..,.4Le_ se, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Console TWO O'CLOCK. sole M oney _ tto A .ccount ... . 90} I iri lE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION WILL BE IN THE EVENING, as of late years, at the end of —46 ei ghth week of its continuance, on the 27th inst, II - PRETTY PLAIN HINT TO THE ROYAL ACA DEMY.—The House of Commons will not allow e National Gallery to be removed from Trafalgar-square to vuo site of Burlington House. Nor can we wonder at the resoluti on. F our years ago a vote o f £17 , 000 was „, ake ll on th e un d erstanding that the p i ctures were to re main where they are, and such a vote can hardly be with• ()tl t its force in the minds of men who deliberately passed There a re, i n our op i nion, only two available sites i n unr ima---South Kensington and T ra f a l gar - square . A gal- Oar e Y built in South Kensington might be made to unite all national treasures under one roof—the old masters and the roodern masters. Nowhere else can tb.is be done—for 44111 0 of o ur b est pictures of the English school have been !eft to the public on the expressed cou.dition that they are f h be exhibit e d th ere, A gallery in Trafalgar -square ha s tlogreat adva n t age o f a no bl e s it e and of a central posi -0 att r - P iccadilly,midway between the two, escape s th e ac tion offered by each. The modern school could not 133 renloVed to it; and it would certainly be further from th e Public and from students of Art. This vote puts an sad to the dream of the A cademicians. What will they foffer next ? Th ey canno t l ong remain where they are— °l. if th e national pictures must be hung in Trafalgar- Z e re) every inch of av Ailable space will be required for for pose. 4t PUT' The Act idemy is rich; let it build a place t l B elf It declines to become a national institution— the), let it have notice t o re ti re f rom the occupancy of our national property.--Achenotot. SHARE MARKETS—Ths day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOU&S. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledontan $ /14 81 91 83 135 118 119 :ork and Bandon. Oornwa!!. . B Do A A vets no div Do till c.p an. has been paid to B. Dublin 1: :Belfast Junc. Oun.,Perth&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh Glasgow. tilasg. and S. Western. I, ;reatEastern, Oid. stk Ditto A stock Ditto LreatNorthol Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B Gt. S. an i W. of Irelan , Great Westet Do Str Val Grua. Stock Lanelshite & Yorkshire Loncton and BlackwaN Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Noel) Western, Lon. & So'.th Western Shef., & Lincoln. ) Slaryport and Carlise.l 1)(31 )ietropolttan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby uid. Gt. W. of trelarpi Do. f shares Mid Kent Do Cray Lice North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Ber.vio• Do, G.N.E. purehas, Do Leeds Do York Vo Car1i51e....... North London Do New North. Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction , Scottish Central Scot N. L., Aber. stow I Do Scot. Mid. stock !Shrews. and Welchpoo 'Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok Stockton .4; Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. ** •••• Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of heath Victoria sta. and Pim 'Waterford Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R.l West Midland -Oxford' Do Newport Do sereford Ka" .uways. Paid. Closing I Businew I Price. done. 6 7 35 37 16 17 91 93 103 105 16 ,7 64 74 131 133 142 143 126 132 91 93 65 654 111 1121 66 67 104 105 41 43 111 1116 97i 986 56 S6i 113 1 14 1304 131 101 IC3 53 65 24} '45; 1010 102 i 58} t9i 904 014 125 130 34 Lei: 77 79 lut 11% 121 123 36 38 64 66 33 35 901 901 104 106 8 9 364 374 94 10 0 74 84 165 170 6 7 3 4 p 107 110 23 25 100 100 ' 100 100 100 100 100 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. hart dlilwaye ttlantie & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ina Gu. syer cent... Paid. all Do. New Do. E. Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference ...... Builalo,Brant o kGrodrich' 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872' Do. do. July 1,187 c. Do. do. June 1. Cloutta.,tS.Eastn.(l.il: Cape Town & Dock Seri, Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 6 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndtaPentn.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. (It. South.of India (Lim uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Closing Price. 60 62 - 103 i 104 i stock itftk 1- Do. New • Do. 8 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limited Madrv.s guar., 5 p. o. Uo.ltp. o. Extension l Dc. _ d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Alelb.Corp. w p. C. nelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. w 31ortg. Bds. Nywßrut. - sswiett Catto. Gabe A an 1 8... pc lat ptbd Soinde ) .' I)u. Delhi Do. d 0... ... ' t Do. Punjzub •• c. it( ) . Do. I ndus.St. Flo.) pa rs I 6* St 9t 77 82 77 8! 77 82 101 103 98 100 106 108 1051 .106 t *t $& 20* 211 73 15 6/ 64 66 68 55 57 50 5! 43 45 29 31 27 30 1051 1064 /01 all 100 (•10c ; 100 i 2 all 100 1;;(;__ 103 104 10 104 10i 104 f;, 90 92 82 8 par ip lu4 97 99 94 56 58 3 82 ?4 103 104 1,02 i 103 i d ipi .02i 104 C-, 8 004 106 51 i i 96 98 • •OLONI Al. Hr< /VERNM ENT SEOLJI-(11P1! , . , - ...uov. p.c..1 ~,; - 1877-84 ' Do. Ap. c. Feb.& Au::. 10, 163 'O5 Do. op. c.Mar. az Sept. 10( 102 tO4 Do. Bp. c. Jan.&July. 10‘ 9l 04 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 93 'ape G.ll ope, B p 6.187:. 10t, 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1891 10 1(9 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10u 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10u 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 196 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 107 109 100 102 104 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & OIL 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 1.,18. , ' 100 998 1001 Du. sp. c.,lBrx to 100 998 1008 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99. 1008 !New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 10' 111 (Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 ;Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 108 110 IS. Aus G6p.c.1878.az up lOO 110 112 Vic. Gov. 6 pm. Ja.&July 100 - Do, lo 6 0.0..4n.,t0at.. 100 109 110 BRITISH MINES. 2 ;Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id - uhilord Amalgamated ) - 35 37 - !Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) 1 660 670 - jEast Bassett(lllogan). 80 63 65 - East Clogau Gold Ltd - - - East Caradon ...... 2.14.6 28 29 29 - I East Carn Brea.... . . 3.4.0 9 93 - IE. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 31 44 - !Gam.etSt.Aubyn(Gwen , 583 7 9 - Great South Tolgus 17s 24 24 - Wheal Vor (I.leiston 40 341 355 - !Grenville - I ilemd's-Foot ...... 8.12 38 40 - illingston Downs 4.18.0 31 34 - ; Lady Bertha - !Margaret (Ijny Lelar t 9a 14 16 - illarke Valley.. 4 I N.lyndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 21 14 4 d - New Setun l9l 80 86 - • North Downs 2l 11 24 Basset(lllo4-an 3.1.0 11 2 - Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 44 41 - Par Consols (6t. Blaze) - - 23 Wrovidence(Uny Lelia, 10.0.7 40 42 - lSouthCaradon(St.Cleer 1 450 170 - S. Carn Brea (111o,,oltn) - t - 'S.Wheai Fran. 18.18.9 40 45 - Itray Park - j famar Silv.,t Lead Min, - - fin Cron, 4 371 181 West Basset (Illogan)- I 11 95 101 - C , radon (LiskearC 5 16 18 - West Seton - 1Y heal Basset (Illogan),i 54 90 95 - j l 4 heal Buller(Bedruti4 10 30 35 - Wheal Kitty (13.Lelant;! 2.0.6 - WhealLudyott 13.5.8 14 25 - Wheal MaryAnn(:den )I 8 14 16 - (Wheal Beton ' 581 220 230 - ! heal Treiawney (Lie ) ' 7 19 21 - j Wheal Union 3.17 11 2 t'REFERENCE SHAREs. London , nd S.W., Portsmouth perpet anns. of 2s. 6d., 21 Manchester. Sheffield. and Lincoln, 3} per cent.. 68 Midland, Leicester end ilitchin 4 per ct, PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, Ace., Metrop. dxt., B 6 per cent., 97 Ditto, ditto, C 8 per cent. 80 LINES LEASED AL' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 91} Hull „nd Selby, 111 FoREIGN RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastern Junction, 6n.0 Paulo ,lim.), eua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 20i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 211 FOltEllilti MINE& Cape Copper, lim., 111 Port Philip, 14 Vancouver Col, BANKS. &gra and United Service (11m.). 1.40} Chartered Bank of India, Australia, annhina. Ditto, new, issued at 10 pm. , 32 and _ - City, 13 English and Irish, lim., 15} European Bank, lira. 13} 12! imperial Ottoman,, l9 / Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 61 London and Colonial 191 20 London and Northern, lirn., 22 London and South-Western, 231 London and ts estminster, 90 Metropolitan and provincial Bank, Um., 30 Oriental Banle Corporation. 60 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 12 City Offices, lim., fro Credit Foncier, 151 Crystal Palace, 321 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., E glish and Australian Copper, Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., Hudson's Bay, ln l9 • Imperial Financial, lim., 7i International Financial society, lira., 101 International ....and Credit. lim., Off Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 7t London Financial Association, lim., 26 National Discount Company, lim., 14i Panama, New Zealand, and Australian 8. Mail, lira, 61 Ditto (a.l), 5 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 821 Societe PinanCiere d'Egypte, lim., The Price of Gold: The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mills pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per .£1 sterling, on comparing these rates with the English Mint price of S 3 17s. 104 d. par ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than Paris. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterna, tandard gold at the English Mir t price is, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The eh% u rse of exchaufze at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 204 per cent., and the premium on gold is 861 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit 94 the importation of gold iron), the Malted States.. 461 i 61 111 } 10; 97 1131 13 1301 all all 100 100 100 6.13. 59 91i } 301 Business don. TEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 18M. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday ruled quiet, yet no change took place in prices compared with the previous week. In spring corn a fair business was transacted at late rates. The flour trade was steady on former terms. We learn from New York that an improvement had taken place in the value of wheat and flour, and that a moderate business had been done on English account. On the Continent very little change has taken place in the value of cereal produce. Small supplies of Epglish grain were received up to our market last week. The imcorts from abroad amounted to 6,835 quarters of wheat, 3,750 barley, 13,170 oats, 1,080 linseed, 3,015 oilseed, 120 sundry seed, 53 sacks and 7,897 barrels of flour. At the close of bu3iness the bulk of the supp'y had been. disposed of at the full prices current on Monday last. D old —s CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEA.SURR, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 33 s to il s —s —s Ditto,itto 1863 4lB 46s Ditto, old —B —8 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Ditto, 1863 Talavera, - 8 Rye Barley—Grinding "2s 253 Malting -8 -s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6OB Os Chevalier 66s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBB 238 Potato Youghal and Cork, black lss 23s Cork, white l6s 23s Scotch, Feeding l9s 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White 33s 36s Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk ....... 27s 29s American, per barrel l9s 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of each kind of foreign stock on sale in to-day's market, but its general quality was very middling. Sales progressed slowly at about stationary prices. Compared with Monday last, the arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were only moderate, but they were quite equal to the demand. From Scotland the receipts were seasonably good, viz., 462 Scots and crosses from Fifeshire and East-Lothian, and 196 from Aberdeen. The show of Irish beasts were limited. All breeds met a dull inquiry at last week's decline in the quotations—am top figure being 4s 8d per 81%, The quality•of the stock was good. A few grass fed beasts were on offer. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,000 Scots, crosses, and shorthorns ; from other parts of England, 600 various breeds; from Scotland, 653 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 80 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was seasonably good both as to num ber and quality. The mutton trade was in a sluggish state at last Monday's currency. The general top price for Downs and half-breds were 5s per 81bs. Good and prime lambs were in steady request at full prices, Inferior lambs were dull at late rates. Prices ranged from 6s to 7s per Slbs. We have to report a slow inquiry far calves—the supply of which was moderate—at Thursday's decline in value. The sale for pigs were very inactive on former terms. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s.d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 10 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme. S' thdown d 0.4 10 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lambs....6s Od to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 16s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 25s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows — Sheep and lambs .... 4,510 Sheep and lambs.... 28,130 !Calves . 259 Calves 259 Pigs Figs The total imparts of foreign atom into London, last week, amounted to 12,207 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we zeceived 9,513—in 1862, 5,585—in 1861, 9,083 —in 1860, 9,7u4—in 1859, 4,574—in 1858, 5,229 head. IMPORTS INTO LONbult LAO WEEK.. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 8 1 .. 2166 ~ 160 .. 400 .. 129 Harlingen .... 1040 .. 1876 .. 249 .. 130 .. 25 Hamburg .... 126 .. 3210 .. . ~ .. 477 Amsterdam.... .. .. 14 • • - '-' • • 80u10gne..... .. .. 14 Bremen .. 60 .. 9 .. .. .. Dora, 36 .. 386 .„ 396 .. 13 8 C.rnima 358 Antwerp. — • • '.....'. •• - •• - •• --- _ .. - .. 18 .. 31 .. 23 .. - Ostend 44 .. Havre — • • '-''" • • Oporto Dunkirk. — • • - .. - .. 3 .. Total .... 2465 .. 7647 .. 805 .. 601 .. 689 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863 693 7,195 .. 911 .. 687 .. 27 1862 199 .. 3,997 .. 735 .. 629 .. 34 1861 1660 .. 6,332 .. 461 .. 798 .. 432 1860 A statement and comparison of the supplies and pricea of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, June 15, 1863, and this day, Monday, June 13, 1864, Per 81b. to sink tho offal. --- June 15, June 13, 1863. 1864. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 8 3 2to 3 6 Second quality do 3lO 4 4 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen .. 4 6 4 8 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do Prime coarse-woolled do 4 8 410 4 6 410 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 4 2 4 6 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves • • Pigs 430 560 SUPPLIES ON SALE, June 16, 1862.—Beasts, 3 , 380 sheep and lambs, 26,670—calves, 336—pigs, 510. JUNE 17, 1861.—Beasts, 3,820 —sheep, 28,460—calves, 383—pigs, 520. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is very mo derate; generally speaking, the trade is slow at the late decline in the quotations. Per 81b. by ad sd Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 0 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 4 Friine large do. 3 6 3 8 Do. small do. .. 3 10 4 0 Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 Inferior mutton, 3 6 3 10 the carcase. eded Middlingmutton 4 0 4 2 Prime do . 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork .. 4 2 4 6 Lamb . 5 4 6 4 BOROUGH HOP. The accounts at hand from the plantations to-day are more favourable, and the hop trade, generally speaking, is quiet. Good and fine English hops, however, are in fair average request at full prices; but interior produce is dull, although without material change in value from Monday last. The imports last week amounted to three bales from Boulogne and 75 bales from New York. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Old potatoes—the supply of which on sale continues large —are a dull inquiry. A. few superior parcels have changed hands at 60s, but the more general top quotation is Ms per ton. Inferior produce is selling as low as 200 per ton. The arrivals of new potatoes have increased ; never theless, a steady business is passing in most qualities, and prices rang from 7s to lOs per cwt. The import into Lon don last week was very small. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool were brought to a close on Wednesday last. They opened with firmness, but in consequence of the Bank rate of disconn tbeiag 9 per cent. no improvement in prices was then realised. The subsequent falliin the value of money was productive of increased acti vity in the demand, leading to an advance in prices ranging from id to lid per lb. There was a good demand throughout the series, but the transactions were for the most part on French account, about 30,000 bales having changed hands for shipment to Havre and other French ports. During the progress of the sales 102,235 bales passed the hammer, consisting of 15,808 bales from New South Wales and Queensland, 42,164 Victoria, 1,732 Tas mania, 16,406 South Australia, 2,091 New Zealand, 2,078 Western Australia, 14,293 Cape, and 663 bales from sundry ports. Generally speaking, the quantity and condition of the wool was excellent, and in several instances the in creased fineness and length of staple fully compensated the buyer for the enhanced price paid. Tho following prices were realised during the sales :—Australian—Fleeces is 6d to 2s 4d, lambs la 3d to 2s, scoured and handwashed is 4d to 2s 7d, unwashed 9d to is 3d. Port Philip— Fleeces is 7d to 28 7d, lambs is 3d to 2s 4d, scoured and handwashed is 6d to 2s 9d, unwashed 103 to is sd. Van Diemen's Land—Fleeces is 6d to 2s 3d, lambs is to 2s 2d, scoured and hand washed is 4d to is 11d, unwashed 9d to Is 3.1. South Australia—Fleeces is stl to 2s, lambs is 3d to is 10d, scoured and handwashed is 4d tc 2s ld, unwashed 9id to Is 3id. New Zealand —Fleeces is 6d to 2s 3d, lambs is Id to is 9d, scoure d and hand washed is 2 d to 2 s, unwashed 8d to is 4d. Swan River--Fleeces is 3d to 2s, lambs is Id to is 7d, scoured and handwashed is 4d to is 9d, unwashed 8d to ls. Cape—Fleeces is to 2s ld, lambs is ld to Is 105, scoured and handwashed is Id to 2s Id, unwashed 8d to lld per lb. ill the private contract market English wool has 8 91 , t . o — s Od 42 s 9d —s Od 4( 891 to 42661 to , P a rticulars. 1850. 1881 1862. 1863. 1864. --- Stock this day.... 25,553 65,430 36.384 , 38.183 44,183 ' 4 ,s 6d to Price of T.C. . 1 . 6253 a :0520 s6d 5. ' D e li v ery lastweek 1,427 1,04 d 3 1,748 826 979 Ditto from June 1 4,102 2,462 3,0 7 1,482 1418 Arrivals last week . ‘ 3 ,-, , 7 so 565 1,670 500 Ditto from June 1 2 , 86 . ,31 .2 1,109 1,921 660 Price of Town .... 5 3 s 6 d 52 s 6,1 4;' s3d ; 43s 9d , 41s 64 Napoleon and his Generals. In the " Life of Sir W. Napier" we find the fol lowing notes of a remarkable conversation which the gallant officer had with Marshal Soult relative to Napoleon and his Generals : " Grouchy," he said, " was not a traitor, he was unequal to his situation—that is to say, he could not command more than a few thousand men, I calculated (said Soult) the value of the French Generals by the number of men they were capable of commanding. I name nobody, but there were amongst them men who were worth 10,000 men, who were worth 15,000, 20,000, 30,000, 45,000, or even, in case of necessity, 60,000. The art of command ing armies becomes more difficult as the num bers increase. It is very different to command 80,000, and to command 100,000. Pass 100,000, and the human mind is scarcely equal to the task. Napoleon com mitted a great error in giving so many men to Grouchy. Ist. That General was not equal to the command. 2d. Ten thousand men would have been sufficient to impose on the Prussians. But the Emperor seemed at times to be changed ; there were moments when his genius and activity seemed as powerful and as fresh as ever,at other moments he seemed apathetic. For example, he fought the battle of Waterloo without having himself examined the enemy's position• He trusted to General Haxo's report. In former days he would have examined and re-examined it in person. Ne y was the evil genius of the campaign : he neglected his orders at Quatre Bras, and again at Waterloo ; he attacked Wellington's position beyond la Haye Sainte contrary to orders, and too soon; but he is dead, he was unfortunate. I do not like to speak of his errors." Hoche. Soult knew him well. " I was with him," he said, when he died ; he was poisoned by the Directory; I thought so at the time ; I think so still." Napoleon. " Marshal ! Was not Napoleon the greatest genius of all the men France produced P" "Ah bah I yes I there was no comparison." " Was he not a good and kind man also ?" Here Soult raised his head with great eager ness, and exclaimed in an emphatic manner, " Napoleon n'a jamais perdu personne de son propre mouvetnent—jamais, jamais, jamais I It was necessary, when once you were known to him, to commit faults, nay, even crimes, over and over again, twenty, thirty times, before he could bring him self even to punish." Joseph. "At the battle of Ocana, Joseph was at my side, and so meek, so quiet, I could have put him in my pocket. After the battle was gained and that we had supped, instead of conversing upon the action and the war, he ca tered into a violent allocution against the Emperor, and told me that he had written to him a letter which he would show me. It was menacing, urgent, insolent ; and his dis course went to sounding me upon exciting the army to resist Napoleon. I rose from my chair and addressed him thus, ' Sire, you speak and act in such a scanner that you give me the right to treat you without reserve or ceremony; and, first, it is fortunate ,for you that I chose to speak to you as a private person, and not as a Marshal of France. What I you imagine that the eclat of such a victory of Ocana renders you so dear to the French soldiers that they will support your absurd and rash notions ? Suppose it were true : have you gained the affections also of the rest of the French army in Spain ? Are you sure of those who remain to France out of Spain ? You are wofully deceived : beware of how you try what you are thinking of, even with the army here under your orders ; it will be dangerous. And then you menace your brother 1 You! you menace Napoleon. Oh ! Sire I you shock me." (here Soult put himself into the attitude, and used the same gestures as he had to Joseph, and they were very striking ; he covered his eyes with one of his hands, and with the other seemed to repulse some horrid image, and his colour and looks were very animated.) " Who are you ? what are you ? who has made you ? Your brother; and you menace him I Burn your letter, Sire, and think again " " What I (exclaimed the king) am I not his elder brother, the chief of his family " " Yes, Sire, but ycu speak not as a brother, you speak and would act as a king, and you are not the chief of monarchs. Burn your letter." Marceau. " Marceau was clever and good, and of great promise, but he had little experience before he fell." Moreau. "No great things." Augercau. Ditto. Junot. Ditto. Gouvion St. Cyr. "A clever man and a good officer, but deficient in enterprise and vigour." Macdonald. "Too regular, too methodical ; an excellent man, but not a great general." Ney. "No extent of capacity; but he was unfortunate; he is dead." Victor. "An old woman; quite incapable." Jeurdan. "Not capable of leading large armies." Massena. "Excellent in great danger; negligent and of no goodness out of danger. Knew war well." Marmont. " Understands the theory of war perfectly. History will tell what he did with his knowledge." (This was accompanied with a sardonic smile.) Regnier. "An excellent officer." (I denied this, and gave Soult the history of his operations at Sabugal.) Soult replied that he was considered to be a great officer in France; but it what I said could not be controverted as to fact, he was not a great officer, his reputation was unmerited. (The facts were correctly stated, but Regnier was certainly dis affected to Napoleon at the time, his unskilful conduct might have been intentional.) Desaix. " Clever, indefatigable, always improving his mind, full of information about his profusion, a great soldier, a noble character in all points of view ; perhaps not amongst the greatest generals by nature, but likely to become so by study and practice, when he was killed." Kleber. "Knew him perfectly; colossal in body, colos sal in mind. He was the god of war ; Mars in human shape. He knew more than Hoehn, more than Desaix ; he was a greater general, but he was idle, indolent, he would not work." _ . Berthier and Clarke. " Old women—Catins. The Em peror knew them and their talents; they were fit for tools, machines, good for writing down his orders, and making arrangements according to rule ; he employed them for nothing else. .Bah I they were very poor. I could do their walk as welkor better than they could, but the Emperor was too wise to employ a man of my character at a desk , knew I could control and tame wild men, and he employed me to do eo." A FEMALE FEDERAL Spy.—The Detroit Tribune narrates the adventure of a Miss Pauline Cushman, who has been engaged as a Federal spy. It seems that Miss Cushman is an actress, and tell under suspicion at Louisville from having consorted with "rebel" officers. She was arrested, but she atcutly denied that she was a " rebel." In order to test the love for the old flag, she was asked if she would enter the secret service of the Government. She readily consented, and was at once employed to carry letters between Louisville and Nash ville. She was subsequently employed by General Rose• trans, and was for many months with the Army of the Cumberland. She visited the rebel lines time after time, and was thoroughly acquainted with all the country and roads in Tennessee, Northern Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, in which sections the rendered our armies invaluable service. She was twice suspected of being a spy, and taken prisoner, but managed to escape. At last, however, she was not so fortunate. After our forces had captured Nashville, Miss Cushman made a scout towards Shelbyville to oLstain information of the strength and position of the enemy, and, while returning to Nashville, was captured on the itardin Pike, eleven miles from the latter city. She was placed on a horse, and, in charge of two scouts, was being taen to Spring hill, the head-quarters of Forrest. While un the way to this place, she feigned sickness, and said she could not travel any further without falling from her horse. Her captors stopped at a house on the roadside, when it was ascertained that a Federal scouting-party had passed the place an hour before. Knowing that her guards had im portant papers for General Bragg, the quick-witted spy seized the fact and schemed to use it to her advantage. Seeing an old negro, who appeared to commiserate her unfortunate plight, she watched her opportunity and placed ten dollars in Tennessee money in his hand, saying, Run up the road, uncle, and come back in a few minutes, telling us that 400 Federals are coming down the street.' The faithful negro obeyed the order literally, and soon came back in the greatest excitement, telling the story. The two 'rebels' told him he lied. The old coloured man got down on his knees, saying—' Massa, dey's cumin, sure null; de Lord help us, dey is cumin.' The scouts at this believed his story, mounted their horses, and skedaddled for the woods. Miss Cushman, seizing a pistol belonging to a wounded soldier in the house, also mounted her horse and fled towards Franklin. She t ra velled through the rain, and after nightfall lost her w ay. Soon came the challenge of a picket, Who comes there ?' Thinking she had reached the rebel Ilse, she said, A friend of 3eff. Davis.' All right,' was the reply, Advance and give the countersign.' She pre sented the countersign in the shape of a canteen of whisky. She passed five pickets in this way, but the sixth and last was obdurate. She pleaded that she was going to see a sick uncle at Franklin, but the sentry couldn't see it. Sick and disheartened, she turned back. Seeing a light at a farmhouse, she sought shelter. An old man received her kindly, showed her to a room, and said ho would awake her at an early hour in the morning, an& show her the road to Franklin. A loud knock awoke her in the morning from her Lethean slumbers, and upon arousing she found her horse saddled and the two guards from whom she had escaped the previous afternoon. She was taken to the head-quarters of Forrest, and he sent her, after a critical examination, to General Bragg. Nothing could be found against her until a sccesh woman stole her gaiters, under the inner sole of which were found important documents which clearly proved her to be a spy. She was tried and condemned t. be executed as a spy, but being sick, her execution was postponed. She finally, after lying in prison three months, sent for General Bragg, and asked him if he had no mercy. She received from him the comforting assurance that he should make an example of her, and that he should hang her as soon as she got well enough to be hung decently. While in this state of suspense, the grand array of Rose cram; commenced its forward movement and one fine day the rebel town where she was imprisoned was sur prised and captured, and the heroine of this tale was re leased," POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This: Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET.. EXTRAORDINARY CRA.RGE.—MT William Marshall, of No. 4, Paper-buildings, Temple, an 3 Mr George Ennis Vivian, of No. 5. Clarence-street, Greenwich, were charged before Knox with being drunk and fightivg in Regent- street. Inspector Wilson, C division, said—On Saturday evening about a quarter-past 10, while in company of inspector Silverton, I saw a crowd of persons in Regent-street, and on going up found the two defendants fighting tegether in the roadway. I heard a gentleman say to Marerall " Give it to him. Let him have it." Marshall then struck Vivian, who fell and was quite stunned by the blow, and cpuld not stand. Both defendants had been drinking—Viviktn the worst of two. I took Marshall into custody, and Silverton took Vivian. Inspector Silverton—l was with Inspector Wilson and siw the defendants fighting. I heard Marshall say after striking Vivian, "That will settle him." Mr Marshall said—l had dined at Verey's with a friend, and so far from being intoxicated we had only had one bottle of champagne between us. On passing down Regent • street I was grossly insulted by Vivian. I immediately turned round and struck Vivian, and after a few blows had been exchanged I knocked Vivian down. The police then came up and without knowing anything of the cause abused me. On arriving at the station they refused to admit my friend. Vivian also abused me at the station, and although I claimed the protection of the acting inspector, no notice was taken. One of the inspectors said I was "no gentle man." All I have stated I have a friend in court to corroborate. Sergeant Basen, acting inspector at Vine-street Police station, said—On the defendants being brought in and charged I took the charge in the usual way. Vivian was was drunk, but the other was not, although he had been drinking. The defendant Marshall wanted bail, and bail was taken at a quarter past 11. No person appealed to him for protection, neither did he hear either of the inspectors say Marshall was "no gentleman." Mr. Marshall—l'll swear the expression was made use of. When it was found who I was they altered their tone, and were quite respectful. Mr Knox—ls it not the case, Mr Marshall, that, having been dining, and having taken a glass of wine or two, you were excited—the more so, as you allege you were insulted ? What was the nature of the insult? Mr Marshall—l had taken no more wine than usual, and was not excited. Vivian put his hand on my person as I was walking arm-in-arm with my friend. Vivian—l had been drinking too much, and was sot accountable for my actions. Mr Knox—lf you are guilty of what Mr Marshall states, it is a most abominable thing. Major Ray, of 2, Queen's-gate-place, Kensington, said— I had been with Mr Marshall in the country all day, and after dining at V erey's we were walking down Regent street. Suddenly Mr Marshall left my arm, and then came back, saying " That man has indecently assaulted me." Mr Marshall then knocked Vivian down, and I think acted quite right. I should have done so myself. Mr Knox—As a magistrate I cannot say that. Mr Mar shall should have given Vivian into custody. Major Ray—l was telling the inspectors what happened when they came up, but they refused to hear me. At the station-house they refused to hear me, telling me that I must wait till I got before the magistrate. They were very uncivil. On offering to bail Mr Marshall they said they could only do so en seeing my last receipt for poor-rates. I told them I did not carry it about in my pocket, and then left and got a person to bail Marshall. Mr Knox--I shall disoharge Marshall. Having been subjected to such an insult as he states, it was a most natural thing for him to do as he did. With reference to any incivility from the police, all they saw was two men fighting and one knock down the other. Mr Marshall—They treated me like a pickpocket, and it was at my own suggestion I went to the station. Mr. Marshall then left the bar, and was examined as a witness. He said—l was walking arm-in-arm with Major Ray, when I suddenly felt a man run against me and put his hand on my person. I said, " You scoundrel." I struck Vivian, the man, and knocked him down, The police— . _ _ Mr Knox—lf you are aggrieved at the conduct of the police you can apply to Sir R. Mayne. -Mr Marshall—l will swear the inspector said I was no gentleman. Mr Knox—Was Vivian drunk ? Mr Marshall—l should say he was. Vivian—No one more regrets what has happened than myself. Mr Knox—You get drunk, commit an indecent assault, and afterwards in fighting you are knocked down. I can not justify Mr Marshall's doing that, but I think every body will say his conduct was excusable under the circum stances. I shall order Vivian to find one bail in £5O to keep the peace for 6 months, and he may think himself fortunate he is not at the sessions. commanded rather more attention, at the late decline in the currency. Current prices of English wool per lb- Fleeces—South Down hogg e t s 1 101 Halt-bred do .......... Kent fleeces. 2 0 2 4 2 4 1 11 2 0 1 10 2 1f South Down ewes and wethers 1 10 Leicester do. Sorts —Clothing Combing .......... . . -___ SEEDS. A seasonably good business has been transacted in agri cultural seeds, and the currencies generally have ruled firm. No English narraw , 'Y seed was on sale, the supply being confined to foreign produce, East India linseed was in slow request, and the prices were steady. Rape and oil seeds commanded extreme rates, There was not much doing in cakes, at previous rates. Turnip, White,p.bus.lls to Ils Swede —s —s Mustard, Brown los 13s White, Tares, Spring....4s Od 4s 6d Old per quarter - s —s Canary, per quarter 52a 6.s Rye grass, new 22s 24s Clover, Red Eng., et - s —s White Foreign Red —s —s White —a —a —s Trefoil, new. Carraway 22s 26s Coriander l2s les Elenipseed, per qr 448 46s Linseed,Eng.sowing 76s 78s Crushing Baltic —s —s Odessa —s —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £9 10s.£10 IGs Foreign £9 lOs £lO 5s Rape Cakes,p ton-0 Os £8 Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr 62s 65s '''''............ TALLO W. The amount of business doing in tallow to-day is very moderate. Prices, however, were stationary. The quota tion for P Y.C. on the spot is 40s 6d per cwt. Town tal low commands 38s 9d. Reugh fat is selling at 2s id per 8 los. The Last of the Shaksperes. The following letters have been addressed to the editor of the Times:— Sir, —The starling Shaksperian communication in the Times of yesterday is indeed well noted by you as " wonder • ful if true," and if you had written "miraculous" for " won derful" you would hardly have been far wrong. Extraor dinary things, however, do turn up in this world, and it is certainly within the limits of possibility that a descendant of Gilbert Shakspere is still among us. The verification of such a pedigree would beat any peerage case yet recorded, and surely your correspondent cannot, at all events, object to publish the preliminary evidence—that which is sup posed to link Shakspere's brother with an ancestor of the present George Shakspere of 'Wolverhampton. The pro duction of that testimony would at once enable any one ac quainted with the subject to decide whether the case were worthy of further investigation. getting up a pedi gree y aa thing is so difficult easy y r n ies of descents which a s th Fewe in production a thing s oo s e o s f o theirrotfo one i a n oy d f areal hardlyo snog s e a can bear the test of a critical investigation. If you are bent on reaching accuracy in this pursuit—and I cannot conceive, in a literary point of view, that any name but that of Shakspere is worth the enormous and insipid trouble—you must doubt at every step, and aim at the attainment of more than legal evidence. Tombstone an d r egister testimonies are at best only p r e s umptive, and identity of name is too often admitted as proof of identity of person. S u pp ose one o f many similar instances, the rather as the uncertainty of the particular kind of evidence has been overlooked in the numerous discussions which have lately taken place on the truth of alleged cases of great longevity—Thomas Hotham, son of Richard Hotham, of Shelley, dies in 1820 at the reputed age of 100. there being tie following entry in the registry :—" Thomas, son of Richard Hotham, baptised 20 June, 1720," We will suppose that the evi dence is complete, that the Thomas who was born in 1720 is the son of the same Richard whose son Thomas died in 1820. Would Mr Baggage himself require better evidence F Hardly, if it did not occur to him that it frequently hap pened that a child was named after a deceased brother or sister ; so that the Thomas who died in 1820 may not have been born until 1740, the Thomas who was born in 1720 having died before the birth of that Thomas who was born in 1710 and died in 1826. I merely name this to show the risk of drawing inferences in such matters even when the even when the evidence appears to be complete. To prove the case confided in by Mr Coleman would require a con currence of discoveries that would be literally preternatural. If I recollect rightly, there is a case something like this in the pedigree of the Shakspere family, which, in itself, sup pliis another example, in respect to the member of it alluded to by your correspondent, of the extreme uncertainty atten dant on genealogical investigations. Gilbert Shakspere, the poet's brother, was born at Stratford in 1566. One Gilbert Sbakspere was buried there in 1612, and it is by the merest accident, that of the term i` adolescens" being appended to his name in the burial register, tle et the two persons have not been taken for the first and the san2e. It is surmised that the Gilbert Shakspere, who died in 02) was the poet's nephew, and Malone, who h a d access t o ma,:eriale now lost, asserts (" Malone's Shakap ere ," e d. 1821, ii. 6:5) that the elder Gilbert, Shakspere's b rot h er, certainly dieei before his son, Unless Mr. Col eman can bring forward oettain evidence to the contrary, the probabilities are in favour o+ the elder Gilbert and his issue having died before the year 1616, the great dramatist not mentioning any of them in his will; for those who have studied the subject with any care know that the probabilities are in favour of Shako pere having been intensely affectionate in the three capa cities of son, husband, and brother. His wife may have been provided for by d ower, as Mr Knight sugges t s , or in one of three or four oth er more, or, at least, as p robable ways; but brothers and s i sters and their ch ild ren were, comparatively and legally speaking, outsiders ; an d we may rest assured that a n y o f them who were living i n 1616 would have been menti one d in the will in one way ar o th er . Joan, his sister, is th e only one of sisters or b rot h ers alluded to in that docu ment, and in a manner that su ffi ces to prove Shakspere' s a ff ection for her. Now, so f ar from there being, as Mr C o l eman imagines , " no living descendant of our gr ea t Poet's famil ' if George Steak spere of Wolverhampt on b e not one , th er e are at least a dozen, but more likely 20 or 30, persons now in ex i stence whose descent can be t race 4 with accuracy from Shak spearo's sister. Tie early portion of the pedigt.ee from Joan is well known and admitted, and I am in cc's session of a vast accumulation of materials respecting the Hart family, into which she married, by m eans of which the present descendants could b e accurately determined. The family descending from Joan Shakspere spread out in the last century into several branches, the only one of which not yet traced being that (if any) which sprung from the union of Catherine /Hart, daughter of William Sbakspere Hart, who was born in 17 • 48 , and who married mane Brad ford, of Birmingham. Perhaps some one may there be found to tell us whether any arose from that union. I have never put these materials into order, nor, indeed, taken much trouble beyond noting everything relating to the subject which has occurred durin g the progress of many years' researches into kindred matters, their being no lite rary value attached to the investigation of the descent from Shakspere's family, and not having been inclined to under take the responsibility of collecting and distributing sub scriptions amon g the present numerous descendants of Joan Shakspcare. Having, however, long felt an inclination to be of service to the ascertained descendants of the poet's beloved rela tives, it you will most kindly give gee the opportunity — this letter is written in the bope that you m a y do so—l ven ture to make this off although I must decline to be the distributor of funds ; yet if any of the numerous wealthy readers of the Times w ill signify their intention of lending a helping hand to those descendants of Joan Shakspere who may need• one, an d whose title to th e distinction can be fairly proved, I w ill spare no pains t theo complete the re searches that may justify direction of their generosity— a generosity which will no doubt also amply suffice for the requirements of the case gr. Coleman h as so kindly taken f George up, if the claims 0 e Sbakspere can really be sub stantiated.-1 am, - s i r , with sincere resp ec t , your obed i ent servant, 0 • HALLS WELL. St, Mary's-place, West Brompton, 'e une 10. Sir, —Following the Tercentenary Ric of the poet ap pears a discussion as to whether there are in existence any male descendants from his father. This may be a very in teresting subject to some, and I daresay that registers will be rummaged over and tomtutones examined by the curious with a hope of making a satisfactory discovery, For myself I have always understood that I was de scended from Gilbert Shakespear ; but I can only prove that my great grandfather was John Shakespear, an alder man of the city of London somewhere about a century since. He may have been the grandson of Gilbert Shakes pear. I shall be much obliged to any one who will have the kindness to drop me a line should they in their researches come across the fathf r of the alderman, Hoping you will kindlyexcase my troubling you with a personal matter, --I am, Sir, your obedient servent, J. D. SkulasrEAß, Lieutenaut•Coloriel. Richmond, Surrey, S.W., June 11. COLLEGE OF PRECEETOR9.—At a meeting of the council of this corporation on Saturday, the 11th guaranteed to Mr W. F. inst., c . , k t e h , e o d f i c pl h o u tn r c a h o . f h l o i : s u e t s i a c t h e was Ealing, and the following gentlemen were elected me mbers of th e College :--Mr Bull, Westhouse School , Seaford ; Mr W. B. Hardy, Stockwell, Grammar Scho ol ; Mr W. D . Har ve y , Argyll College, Netting-hill-square; Mr J. R. Nelson, M.A., Stepney-causeway; Mr J. Patterson, Gainford, near Dar lington; and Mr T. Wilson, Southgate-road School, De Beauvoir-town, WESTMINSTER. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON THE POLICE,—Henry Oliver, a painter, was oharged before Mr Selfe, with violently assaulting Constables Leonard 57 B, and Archer, 97 B. The evidence of 57 B, showed that about 12 o'clock last night the constables were on duty at Knightsbridge, when they saw a crowd collected. The prisoner, who wee drunk, was quarrelling with another man. Witness endeavoured to induce him to go away. As he refused, and he was causing a great disturbance, witness told him that if he did not go away he should be obliged to take him to the station. He then threw himself on the pavement an d kicked about. At this time witness's sergeant came up and assisted him (witness) to take him to the station house. After they had got a short distance the prisoner again:flung himself down, when the mob rushed upon witness and the sergeant and kicked them. Another con stable then came up, when the prisoner, after much trouble, was overcome. Archer, 97 B, corroborated the evidence, and added that the stretcher had to be sent for, and that the prisoner had to be fastened to it. He was then quietly taken to the station house. _ The prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had sine, and that he was very drunk, or the assault would not have happened. He had been previously assaulted by one of the mob, and was defending himself when the constable came up. He was very sorry, and it was the first time he had been in custody. The prisoner was fined 155., or, in default, 14 days in the House of Correction. THAMES. A COWARDLY SCOUNDREL.—James Buckley, a tall young man, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Elliot charged with assaulting Mrs. Emily Wheeler, a married woman, of No. 2, Upper Grove-street, Commercial-road, East. _ _ The complainant, a very respectable young woman, said she was passing along the Commercial-road, on Saturday night soon after 9 o'clock, when she met the prisoner, who suddenly threw his arms over her and held her fast. She screamed aloud for help, and he threw her down, hit her on the back, and kicked her. When she remonstrated with him he called her a prostitute and other bad names. A p o liceman came up and he was given into custody. Tie prisoner—l did not strike you. Comp.lainant—Yes, yon did. The prisoner—Where and how Complaintwt—You hit me with your fist on the back. Charles Dent.'n, a police constable, No. 266 H, stated that on Saturday night at half-past 9 o'clock he saw the prisoner lying on the footpath and struggling with several persons who were trying to keep him down. He took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, in defence, said he had hig never fyauolft h b li e om e n. days n ys a po li ce - cour t before. He was a re s p ectable young man. He went to a funeral on Saturda y and got drunk. H e „could ca ll plenty of witn eeses to charaotor, He would also call a police- Elliott i at tew fi h n o e w y ou ou ld s i p o e s a ., k :nerd in default y imprisonment. The money was paid. sHIIVING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, June 11.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderate breeze and fine weather. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH ) _ GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, June 12 —Diana, from Amsterdam—Jora, from St. Lucia—Tuhicon, from Manilla—Arcadia and Melita, from Jamaica—James Holmes, from Barbadoes—Auto matia, from Cu x h aven—Theresa, f rom Antwerp, Anta, from Jamaica—N a j aden, from Boston—Freya, from Fred rickstadt—Cashmere, from Nelson—Marietta, from Copen hagen—Fidlltas, from Villa Vista —Ganges, from Deme rara—Chili, from Singapore. Arrived, June 13—Countess of Lonadale, from Ham burg—New Express, from Sines—Adriatic, from New York —Alster, from Nordkoping—Monarch, from Bruges— Mary Russell, from Colembo. Sailed, June 12—Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur, and Ocean Nymph, for Hudson's erchantman, for New Zealand, DEAL, Monday Morning. to Passed—Jane Innis, for Taganrog—Bermu da fcr Rico, both from London —Kersage, American man-of-war, from east for west. • . AFRICAN STEAM SHIP CoMPANY.---The directors of this company have issued their report, which is to be presented at the ensuing half-yearly meeting. After making a reserve for depreciation, defraying all expenses of navigating and maintaining the ships, insurance, and re pairs, discharging the cost of the intercolonial service, and augmenting the boiler and repair account funds, there remains a balance of £4,955 4s 10d, to the credit of the revenue account —out of which the directors recommend andecompany's Os 10d the payment of a div idend of 8s per share, free of income tax, for the half ye ar ending 30th April last, bein g at the TrahteisopfaSympeerntcewnitl.l apbesrorabnnzin2,4o3 48 on t:h leave patl £s62y's capital. to be carried over to next half year's accounts. A GERMAN SUAKSPERE SOCIETY, With its centre in Weimar, has been established by Messrs. Ulrici, Dingelstedt,Oechelbauser, Bodenstedt , Eckardt, Gottschall, Koeter, Lemcke, Leo and Marshall. The object of the Society is to illustrate the Poet's text, and to spread a knowledge of his poetry among German readers. TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 8, 7.30 pan. Prince Couza arrived here yesterday and wa s received by the Sultan to-day. In consequence of this visit the concentration of Turkish troops on the Danube has been counters man ded. The Circassian emigration still continues. Thq emigrants are dying by hundrede. THE INTERNATIONAL SANITARY - CONFERENCE, BERN, XIINE 11. The Internati ona l Conference for E the organism tion of a Sanitary Service in cases of war, will re-assemble definitively on the Bth of August at Geneva, under the presidency of General Dufour. The Fatal Railway Accident at Egham, CORONER'S INQUEST. --THIS DAY. Mr. St. Clair Bedford, the coroner for West. minster, opened an inquiry this day at the Charing.. cross Hospital on the body of one of the sufferers from this fatal calamily—Mr. Esau Trigg, of Brighton, who expired at this institution on Fri. day from the injuries he received when the collision occurred. Mr. L. Crombie, solicitor to the South Western Railway Company, and Mr. Edward Clarke ap., peared on bchilf of the brothers of the deceased ; and Mr. Rawlins appeared for Lee and Trainer, the driver and Brennan of the trains. The jury having been empanneled, proceeded to view the body, and on their return to the inquest- room, The coroner said he merely intended on this occa sion to open the proceedings, in order that the relaa tions of the deceased might remoTe and inter the body. Henry Trigg said-1 reside at High.street Wandsworth. The deceased, Esua Trigg, is my brother. He was 40 years of age, and carried on business as Brighton as a licensed victualler. I know nothing further. I was not present at my brother's death. Dr. Canton, of 30 Montague-place, and surgeon to the Charing-cross Hospital, said, I saw the de. ceased soon atter his admission to the hospital, He was suffering from a severe contusion on the right elbow, and a lacerated contusion on the left one. Four of the lower ribs on the right side were broken, and the lungs had been externally rup tured. The whole of the right leg was Beverly brused. There was a fracture of both bones of that leg close below the knee-joint. That was the ex tent of the injuries. I attended to the deceased until his death, which occurred on Friday last, at half-past one in the morning. About two hours before his death symptoms of coiapse occurred. The body having been identified, the inquest was then adjourned until the 27th inst. THE YELVERTON CASE. HOUSE OF LORDS. YELVERTON V. LONGWORTH (OR YELVERTON). Sir Hugh Cairns, this morning, on the part of the appel lant, maintained that the Irish marriage was invalid under the Act which made marriage null and void between 14 professing Roman Catholic and a Protestant. The learned gentleman was proceeding when we went to press. Pepper's Ghosts, The spectators, seated on benches as in a theatre or lecture-room, see a stage in front of them, suitable for soma kind of dramatic performance. Between them and the stage is a sunken chamber, the floor sor 6 feet below the level of the stage. The chamber is open at the top, but the opening is con cealed from the audience by suitably arranged boards and screens. Behind the sunk chamber, and at the front edge of the stage, is set up a large plate of plain or unsilvered glass, inclining for ward a little at the top, and so environed with painted scenery, as to induce the observer to lose sight of the fact, that he is looking at the stage through a glass. Living actors, dressed up in any way at pleasure, are in the sunken chamber, with a very strong lime-light or other light shining on them from lamps properly placed ; the actors and the lamps being equally concealed from the audience by screens. The strong rays from the illuminated figures strike up in a slanting direction against the glass, and are then reflected to the audience. The glass has such an inclination given to it, that this reflection Shall be visible to the spectators generally. The effect produced, though scientifically plain enough, is practically very surprising. Supposing a young actress, dressed as a theatrically beau.. tiful sylph or nymph, to be properly placed in the sunken chamber, and an intense lime-light shining on her, we see the reflected sylph in the glass ; but not knowing that there is any glass there, we seem to see a brilliant real sylph on the stage. If the actress-sylph, the living person in the sunken chamber, smiles or makes any gestures, the phantom sylph on the stage does the same; if she sings or speaks, we hear the sounds, and see the lips of the phantom moving. If the light of the lamps is made gradually to go out, the phantom disappears like a dissolving view; and if a trapdoor suddenly silently closes the top of the sunken chamber, the phantom disappears instantly. If the lady walks away from the sunke n chamber, so does the phantom walk awa y from the stage ; and then, if an actor, dressed, say as a ma g i c i an, should appear on the stage, he may seem t o per form a little drama with the phantom, if distances oclues an d lights are properly adjusted. True, he canno t its se himself; a th p e pa p r h e a n n t to p m osi tlonb c u e s, guidedis r towards o f marks,but he some kind. If the glass does not extend all across the stage, he may pass from behind to the front of it, or v i ce versa, by an opening at the side, without the spectators detecting either the glass er the ab sence of it ; and he may thus carry on the details of many a curious dramatic plot wiih the phantom. If there are two or more actors and actresses in the sunken chamber, and two or more on the visible stage, the by-play may be greatly varied, and the effect wonderfully increased. If one of the actors in the sunken chamber is a sculptured statue or a plaster bust instead of a living person, a diversity of result follows from combining the phantom of a living being with the phantom of the copy of a living being.— Chambers's Journal. RACING FIXTU Ju: Newton Odiham Bibury Beverley 22 Stockbridge Carlisle .. 5 Abingdon Newmarket July 6 Pontefract l2ll Liverpool July l3 Stamford l4 Av • Brighton .............. Brighton Club ........ 4 6 Lewes ................ N u ntingdon 9 Wolverhampton . e 9 Reading ...... Egham Dover _ SIPTE Weymouth 1 Baden-Baden .... 1 Warwick September.... 6 Bridgwater ...... 8 Leicester 8 Doncaster NOYI: Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 OCTI Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians Club.... 5 Newmarket Second Oct. 10 Lincoln Kelso .. .. Gloucester Newmarket Houghton, 24 IRISH. Jrins. Carragh. ... JuLT. Down Royal Corporation 1 SIPTZILBMR. Carragb 6, 7, S OCTODIR. Cana& ___ 18, 19, 20 RES FOR 1864. 'xis. 1 Chehosford 23 Ne rrealtlo-011-TYne .. New Forest Stunt Ipswich Viroroestir (Summer) . INottmgham 9 Virinchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn 2l Goodwood ,‘M lIIIT. Oxford .. 18 Yarmouth ............ 23 York August .......... Plymouth ............ 23 Lichfield...... 2 29 Devon an Exeter Stockton Derby Brecon .. 19 Richmond Royal Caledonian Runt 21 Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 lIIBIR. 1 LearaingtonkWar.Hunt 2 ,11BIL 1 ,hare 13.14. st L 9 st st 50 20 ~.Ye.a (2.10